Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 14928

Mentally Disordered Offenders

Tabled: 1 July 2026

Answered: 8 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Table 8 of the Restricted Patients Statistics, England and Wales, 2025 release, published on 30 April 2026, of the 297 restricted patients recalled to hospital following conditional discharge, h

Answer

Jake Richards

Of the 297 recalls of restricted patients to hospital following conditional discharge published in Table 7 (not Table 8), (a) 66 were discharged by the Secretary of State and (b) 231 by the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health).